814 | GAZING ONTO THE SEA

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Gazing onto the sea

Looking deeply into the sea,

As the sun sets too slowly,

Traces of time linger in my heart,

Lost in the dusk.

They were standing in the sand

Where the ocean’s sound

Brings back the melancholy of old love.

Taking a moment

In the late evening,

Twisted by nostalgia,

The deeper it flows through my veins,

The stronger is my desire to see

The dance of mermaids

In the blue depths.

I keep gazing into the sea.

Waves kiss the shore,

Giving divine embraces.

Eternal peace settles within me,

Accompanied by the requiem

of seagulls’ cries.

Until the meteors ignite the night,

Setting it ablaze.

Agron Shele, Albania-Belgium

Translation Iva Katundi
from “Time sleeps on blooming lilies”, Demer Press, The Netherlands